Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 17, 2025) was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes. Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988). Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Hackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jan 30, 1930 In San Bernardino, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 157
- First Appeared:
- In the series Golden Globe Awards 1944-01-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024-09-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-21 |
| Series | The Playboy Murders | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-23 |
| Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
| Movie | Sacheen: Breaking the Silence | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | We, The Marines | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Pattern Recognition | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima | Self - Narrator | 2016-07-01 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-10-06 |
| Movie | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013-04-27 |
| Movie | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
| Series | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Self | 2007-04-23 |
| Movie | Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-06-12 |
| Movie | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006-11-02 |
| Series | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-11-28 |
| Movie | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006-11-28 |
| Movie | Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage | Narrator (voice) | 2005-10-09 |
| Movie | Welcome to Mooseport | Monroe Cole | 2004-02-24 |
| Movie | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | 2003-01-16 |
| Movie | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 2002-09-24 |
| Movie | All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | 2002-09-24 |
| Movie | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
| Movie | Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
| Movie | Heroes of Iwo Jima | Self - Host/Narrator | 2001-06-17 |
| Movie | Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001-03-23 |
| Movie | Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001-03-01 |
| Movie | Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe | Himself/Narrator | 2001-08-01 |
| Movie | Heist | Joe Moore | 2001-11-09 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Lex Luthor (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | 2001-09-25 |
| Movie | With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson | Self | 2001-12-17 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group | 2001-11-30 |
| Movie | The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | 2001-10-05 |
| Movie | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | 2000-08-11 |
| Movie | Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | 2000-08-24 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
| Series | The Directors | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-23 |
| Movie | Twilight | Jack Ames | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | Antz | General Mandible (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
| Movie | Enemy of the State | Brill | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | Absolute Power | President Richmond | 1997-02-14 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein | Blind Man (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | 1996-09-27 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | The Quick and the Dead | John Herod | 1995-02-09 |
| Movie | Crimson Tide | Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey | 1995-05-12 |
| Movie | Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | 1995-10-20 |
| Movie | Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | Shurtleff on Acting | Self | 1994-07-14 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 1994-12-11 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | The Firm | Avery Tolar | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | Geronimo | 1993-12-05 | |
| Movie | Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | 1993-12-10 |
| Movie | Unforgiven | 'Little' Bill Daggett | 1992-08-07 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 1992-09-17 |
| Movie | Class Action | Jedediah Tucker Ward | 1991-03-15 |
| Movie | Company Business | Sam Boyd | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | Loose Cannons | MacArthur Stern | 1990-02-09 |
| Movie | Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | The Package | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | 1989-01-25 |
| Movie | Split Decisions | Dan McGuinn | 1988-06-11 |
| Movie | Bat★21 | Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton | 1988-07-21 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Agent Rupert Anderson | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Another Woman | Larry | 1988-10-13 |
| Movie | Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | 1988-11-23 |
| Movie | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | No Way Out | Defense Secretary David Brice | 1987-08-14 |
| Movie | Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | 1986-11-14 |
| Movie | Power | Wilfred Buckley | 1986-01-31 |
| Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Series | Larry King Live | Self | 1985-06-03 |
| Movie | Twice in a Lifetime | Harry MacKenzie | 1985-10-23 |
| Movie | Target | Walter Lloyd | 1985-11-08 |
| Movie | Misunderstood | Ned Rawley | 1984-03-30 |
| Movie | Eureka | Jack McCann | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Under Fire | Alex Grazier | 1983-10-21 |
| Movie | Two of a Kind | God (voice) (uncredited) | 1983-12-13 |
| Movie | Uncommon Valor | Col. Cal Rhodes | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Superman II' | Self | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | All Night Long | George Dupler | 1981-03-06 |
| Series | Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981-09-15 |
| Movie | Reds | Pete van Wherry | 1981-12-25 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | Superman II | Lex Luthor | 1980-12-12 |
| Series | The South Bank Show | Self | 1978-01-14 |
| Movie | Formula 1 - Speed fever | Self | 1978-09-15 |
| Movie | Superman | Lex Luthor | 1978-12-14 |
| Movie | A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977-06-15 |
| Movie | The Domino Principle | Tucker | 1977-03-23 |
| Series | The Hollywood Greats | Unknown | 1977-08-04 |
| Movie | March or Die | Major William Sherman Foster | 1977-09-08 |
| Movie | Night Moves | Harry Moseby | 1975-06-11 |
| Movie | French Connection II | "Popeye" Doyle | 1975-05-18 |
| Movie | Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | 1975-09-26 |
| Movie | Lucky Lady | Kibby | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | The Conversation | Harry Caul | 1974-04-07 |
| Movie | Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974-12-15 |
| Movie | Zandy's Bride | Zandy Allen | 1974-05-19 |
| Movie | On the Road with: Scarecrow | Himself | 1973-01-01 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | Scarecrow | Max Millan | 1973-04-11 |
| Movie | Cisco Pike | Officer Leo Holland | 1972-01-14 |
| Movie | The Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Scott | 1972-12-01 |
| Movie | Prime Cut | Mary Ann | 1972-06-01 |
| Movie | Doctors' Wives | Dave Randolph | 1971-02-03 |
| Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971-05-09 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Jimmy Doyle | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | The Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | 1971-07-16 |
| Movie | I Never Sang for My Father | Gene Garrison | 1970-10-18 |
| Movie | The Sky Divers | Self | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | Riot | Red Fraker | 1969-01-15 |
| Movie | How Fast? | Self (Archive Footage) | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | The Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | 1969-08-29 |
| Movie | Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | 1969-12-11 |
| Movie | Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | 1969-11-06 |
| Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | 1968-01-22 |
| Movie | Shadow on the Land | Rev. Thomas Davis | 1968-12-04 |
| Movie | The Split | Lt. Walter Brill | 1968-11-04 |
| Movie | First to Fight | Sergeant Tweed | 1967-01-25 |
| Series | The Invaders | Tom Jessup | 1967-01-10 |
| Movie | A Covenant with Death | Harmsworth | 1967-02-15 |
| Movie | Community Shelter Planning | Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer | 1967-06-06 |
| Movie | Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | 1967-08-13 |
| Movie | Banning | Tommy Del Gaddo | 1967-12-13 |
| Series | Hawk | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
| Movie | Hawaii | John Whipple | 1966-10-10 |
| Series | The Trials of O'Brien | Roger Nathan | 1965-09-18 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Herb Kenyon | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | Lilith | Norman | 1964-10-01 |
| Series | East Side/West Side | Unknown | 1963-09-23 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Coll | Cop (uncredited) | 1961-05-12 |
| Series | Tallahassee 7000 | Unknown | 1961-01-24 |
| Series | The Defenders | Stanley McGuirk | 1961-09-16 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
| Series | The DuPont Show of the Week | Douglas McCann | 1961-09-17 |
| Series | Insight | Holt | 1960-10-02 |
| Series | Route 66 | Motorist | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Naked City | Mr. Jasper | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | The United States Steel Hour | Unknown | 1953-10-27 |
| Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | 1944-01-20 |